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Kevin Smith comedy ditches 'Dicks' title: Let's brainstorm a new one...

10 December 2009 7:45 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Kevin Smith's upcoming movie officially has a new title. But you'll have to wait another day or two to learn what it is. Rumor has it Warner Bros. couldn't come to grips with a buddy-cop comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan called A Couple of Dicks, and was pushing the film as A Couple of Cops (the studio did not respond to request for comment). But mercifully, that bland title is now apparently out as well. Smith recently tweeted that, "The Movie Formerly Known as A Couple Of Dicks has finally settled on a (network-policy-dictated) replacement title! While »

- Jeff Labrecque

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Kevin Smith comedy ditches 'Dicks' title: Let's brainstorm a new one...

9 December 2009 6:35 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Kevin Smith's upcoming movie officially has a new title. But you'll have to wait another day or two to learn what it is. Rumor has it Warner Bros. couldn't come to grips with a buddy-cop comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan called A Couple of Dicks, and was pushing the film as A Couple of Cops (a rep for the studio did not immediately respond to request for comment). But mercifully, that bland title is now apparently out as well. Smith recently tweeted that, "The Movie Formerly Known as A Couple Of Dicks has finally settled on a (network-policy-dictated) replacement title! »

- Jeff Labrecque

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John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker Join Willis, Freeman, and Mirren in Red

4 November 2009 10:43 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

A film we first reported on back in July, “Red” has seriously heated up.  Based on the three-issue comic series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hammer, “Red” is about a retired black-ops CIA agent (Willis) who must fight for his life when younger, prettier, and more high-tech assassins attempt to take him out.  Earlier in the week we reported that Mirren would play a former associate of Willis with a lethal set of skills.

Today we learn that John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker want in on the fun.  Hit the jump to convince people this is a remake of the 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski film.

According to HeatVision, Reilly would play “a retired CIA agent who is paranoid that everyone is out to kill him.”  I haven’t read the comics or the books but I have seen a few movies with similar plots and I’m slightly pessimistic about his character’s fate. »

- Matt Goldberg

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Opinion In A Haystack: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 1

26 October 2009 2:09 AM, PDT | | See recent news »

Interview: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 1 of 2: Blood and Light

This week, the western world sees the release of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen on DVD, a film very telling of the industry in which it swims. However, for those of us with more then two decades of life under our belts, this is a trumpet, an alarm, a loud drunk at the party of the “action” film genre, it’s a guest that reminds you how much has changed and how your style is no longer “in.” We can rest assured that the drunk is right. Action isn’t what it once was. The hardware has been replaced with software, and the hero has been replaced with the “hottie.” Spectacle is no longer flavored with primal instinct, blood, and brute force. Instead, it’s injected with pusillanimous, pixel-engulfed, stimuli. There’s no need to be bitter. Those that care about the past, »

- bobrose

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'Zombieland' And The Case Of The Top-Heavy Topless Dancer

1 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Being a movie nut, I often get fascinated by very odd pop-culture curiosities. Like the time Mr. Cunningham gave away a million dollars to promote a movie whose grosses didn’t even cover the prize. Or the time I caught Bill Pullman playing with a “Star Wars” action figure. Or the hidden “Toy Story” cameo in “Up.” Now, there’s a new one I can’t stop thinking about, and it involves one of my favorite movies of the Fall: “Zombieland.”

I was lucky enough to see the flick a few weeks back, so I can safely tell you (without giving away any spoilers) that there are zombies in it. And the opening of the film is a true masterstroke, a fun compilation of insane, eye-popping moments depicting the end of civilization as we know it. One of these is a blink-and-you'd-miss-it glimpse of three unfortunate horndogs fleeing from a strip joint, »

- Larry Carroll

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In Profile: Bruce Willis

1 October 2009 4:22 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Bruce Willis is not a bad actor. He just occasionally acts in bad movies. It’s not entirely his fault either. Shall we put it down to “bold choices” that didn’t work out? If in a charitable mood, sure. There has always been a touch of uncertainty about Willis. He does not appear to be a natural storyteller.

Let’s say acting is an egotistical, ridiculous career option for anybody. Consider it. Even before the lucrative potential is taken into account – pretending to be other people is rather odd. Actors take up a lifetime of lying and fantasying in some vainglorious search for truth (fame and wealth too, if we are being cynical). Is it completely stupid or brave? Actors as pathological liars or sociopaths is a salient thought.

The American studios created the film star and it destroys them. Maintaining a lifelong and popular career in such a fickle, »

- Martyn Conterio

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Drop Dead Fred Gets a Remake. Today in Film Bloggery 04/28/09

28 April 2009 2:56 PM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »

I always thought that nobody liked Drop Dead Fred. Even as a kid, when I liked everything, I knew this movie was terrible. It stars Phoebe Cates way past her pinup days, prominently features Rik Mayall, who is so obnoxious he almost ruins The Young Ones at times, and it involves some of the most childish slapstick ever put on film. It pretty much tanked at the box office, opening in sixth place (though it at least had a better per-screen average than both third-place Hudson Hawk and fourth-place Only the Lonely). Its Rotten Tomatoes score is 9%, and its IMDb rating is less than 5. Yet, a »

- Christopher Campbell

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Fair Warning, DVD Shoppers: 'Howard the Duck' Special Edition Exists

7 April 2009 5:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

In the pantheon of mega-derided '80s films, few films can touch the inescapable reek of Howard the Duck. I know plenty of folks who dig Ishtar, Cobra, and Leonard Part 6 -- but remarkably few movie geeks have stood up and spoken out for Willard Huyck's Howard the Duck, which just recently arrived as a Special Edition DVD from Universal.

I'll spare you the plot machinations -- because frankly a movie this stupid deserves to be seen By You at least once -- but I've always been amazed at the disparity between the source material and the cinematic adaptation. I've also been sickened by the girl on duck seduction scene, assaulted by the horrific Thomas Dolby music, and beaten into drooling submission by the flick's endlessly wretched puns.

But as a piece of mid-'80s big-budget mega-floppage? I find Howard the Duck more fascinating -- and more worthy of mockery -- than Hudson Hawk, »

- Scott Weinberg

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Sr Picks: Our Favorite Cult Movies

24 March 2009 3:21 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

The other day, we Screen Rant writers were chatting online and the subject of cult movies came up.  Immediately I began thinking of all the cult movies I’ve seen and loved (or loathed) - so I thought it would be great to list some of our favorite cult movies individually, and as a group.

As we were compiling our lists, we debated what, exactly, constitutes a “cult movie.”  We talked about different criteria… for instance movies that fail at the box office (or do only modestly well), but then do terrific on home video.  Or maybe they tank overall, but have a small, passionate (and underground?) fan base.  Then there are movies that gain some popularity, but are really, really weird.  Sr boss Vic Holtreman even posed the question on Twitter, and got some great answers.

To settle any debates about whether any of our picks were actual cult movies or not, »

- Heath McKnight

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Howard the Duck on DVD

15 February 2009 11:08 PM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

I suppose a Blu Ray of this movie would be too much to ask, as it's taken the entire 12 years of the format to even arrive on DVD. At least they put together a respectable selection of extras.

On DVD: Howard the Duck

They give a very honest account of the studio and critical reception of the film, including how the title became a punchline until the likes of Hudson Hawk replaced it, to be followed by Last Action Hero and Cutthroat Island. There may be a tad of revisionist history as they recall viewers warming up to it. I'm not sure they ever did but there's no defensiveness. »

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Joel Silver Has A Lot Of Conviction

9 February 2009 10:45 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Joel Silver – the uber-producer who has overseen some of the greatest action movies of all time, from Die Hard to The Matrix – has never lacked conviction. And now he won’t lack Conviction, a heist movie he’ll produce for Warner Bros.Based on a script by first-time writer Jonathan Herman, the movie will revolve around a mastermind thief who goes to prison following a botched job. Then an FBI agent puts the squeeze on him, forcing him to set up his former protégé, who’s currently working on a massive score...Intriguing. Like hitman movies, heist pics are a very popular subdivision of the crime genre, but they’re notoriously difficult to get right, while originality can sometimes be an issue. But we’ve got a good feeling about this one.After all, Silver has one heck of a track record. And, even if he has never really produced »

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11 articles from 2009

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